CURVED ORTHOTROPIC BRIDGES, AN ABC SOLUTION Carl Huang PE, CALTRANS, Alfred R. Mangus PE, CALTRANS,
Friday, April 9, 2010 at 2:50 pm session # 22 Moderator Reggie Holt, PE FHWA title “Complex Structures”
Alfred R. Mangus, PE - Caltrans, USA 1
About 650,000 Bridges = USA About 100 ORTHOTROPIC ORTHOgonaly +AnisoTROPIC = in USA
About 25% of USA’s Orthotropic Bridges are in CA 2
STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOR CARDBOARD ANALOGY
LOWEST MASS OF ANY DECK [used in high Seismic Zones; Movable Bridges] 3
STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOR DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
LOWEST MASS OF ANY DECK
[used in high Seismic Zones; Movable Bridges] 4
TYPE SELECTION ORTHOTROPIC STEEL DECK VS OTHER SYSTEMS
CHELSEA BRIDGE
BOSTON 5
PROPOSED RUCK-A-CHUCKY BRIDGE OVER AUBURN DAM LAKE, 1976 6
PROPOSED RUCK-A-CHUCKY BRIDGE OVER AUBURN DAM LAKE, 1976 7
PROPOSED RUCK-A-CHUCKY BRIDGE OVER AUBURN DAM LAKE, 1976 8
Trans-Tokyo curved orthotropic exit ramps – high level bridge installation was with floating cranes. 9 Rendering by Owners.
Trans-Tokyo curved orthotropic exit ramps – high level bridge installation was with floating cranes. Rendering by Owners. 10
Trans-Tokyo curved orthotropic exit ramps – high level bridge installation was with floating cranes. 11 Photo by Owners.
Night view Ushibuka curved orthotropic bridge, USHIBUKA CITY, JAPAN [1999] Photo & Courtesy of Owners 12
Plan view Harbor with Ushibuka curved orthotropic bridge, USHIBUKA CITY, JAPAN [1999]
13
Details Ushibuka curved orthotropic bridge, USHIBUKA CITY, JAPAN [1999]
14
Construction Details Ushibuka curved orthotropic bridge, USHIBUKA CITY, JAPAN [1999]
15
1700 ton Floating Crane = San Francisco Bay
2200 ton Floating Crane Ushibuka curved orthotropic bridge, USHIBUKA CITY, JAPAN [1999] Photo & Courtesy of Owners 16
Ushibuka curved orthotropic bridge, Ushibuka City, Japan [1999] Photo & Courtesy of Susumu Inokuchi of Yokogawa-Bridge Holdings 17
Nagoya Expressway curved orthotropic bridge (R=35m) was used due to condensed urban site. Photo & Courtesy of Susumu Inokuchi Yokogawa-Bridge Holdings 18
Junction bridge in the Metropolitan Expressway. Lower curved bridge is hung from upper box girder span because column was not allowed. Photo & Courtesy of Susumu Inokuchi 19 Yokogawa-Bridge Holdings
S Curved bridge in Osaka Japan Hanshin Expressway Public Corporation Photo & Courtesy HEPC
20
Rendering of “s” curved cable-stayed Katsushika Harp Bridge, Tokyo, Japan
21
Elevation & Plan of “s” curved cable-stayed Katsushika Harp Bridge, Tokyo, Japan
22
Wind Tunnel Model of “s” curved cable-stayed Katsushika Harp Bridge, Tokyo, Japan 23
Aerial of “s” curved cable-stayed Katsushika Harp Bridge, Tokyo, Japan
24
Shop Fabrication of “s” curved cable-stayed Katsushika Harp Bridge, Tokyo, Japan
25
Shop Fabrication of “s” curved cable-stayed Katsushika Harp Bridge, Tokyo, Japan
26
Shop Fabrication of “s” curved cable-stayed Katsushika Harp Bridge, Tokyo, Japan
27
Erection of Sections of “s” curved cable-stayed Katsushika Harp Bridge, Tokyo, Japan 28
Crane on Superstructure of “s” curved cable-stayed Katsushika Harp Bridge, Tokyo, Japan 29
Rib Detail & Completed “s” curved cable-stayed Katsushika Harp Bridge, Tokyo, Japan Photo & Courtesy of Susumu Inokuchi 30 Yokogawa-Bridge Holdings
SILVER WOODS : SEREBRYANY BOR BRIDGE, MOSCOW [2007] -1980 OLYMPIC STADIUMS IN FOREGROUND
31
SILVER WOODS : SEREBRYANY BOR BRIDGE, MOSCOW [2007] – PEDESTRIAN WIND SCREEN 32
SILVER WOODS SEREBRYANY BOR BRIDGE, MOSCOW [2007] PLAN OF LAUNCHING 33
SILVER LAUNCHING: : SEREBRYANY BOR BRIDGE, MOSCOW [2007] SPUTNIK PHOTO 34
SILVER WOODS ISLAND IN BACKGROUND: SEREBRYANY BOR BRIDGE, MOSCOW [2007] MOSKOVA RIVER HAS BARGE TRAFFIC 35
CURVED LAUNCHING NOSES ONLY ON INSIDE LANES
SILVER WOODS: SEREBRYANY BOR BRIDGE, MOSCOW [2007] CURVED LAUNCHING
36
SILVER WOODS ISLAND ON RIGHT: SEREBRYANY BOR BRIDGE DOWNTOWN MOSCOW TO LEFT [2007] CURVED LAUNCHING ON LEFT NOSES ONLY ON INSIDE LANES LOOKING SOUTH
37
SILVER WOODS SEREBRYANY BOR BRIDGE, MOSCOW [2007] MAIN SPAN LAUNCH 38
ARCH LAUNCHING NOSES
Falsework Towers on Steel Pipe Piles
SILVER WOODS : SEREBRYANY BOR BRIDGE, MOSCOW [2007]
39
ARCH RUSTING ORTHOTROPIC STEEL DECK LAUNCHING NOSES
SILVER WOODS SEREBRYANY BOR BRIDGE,40 MOSCOW [2007] MAIN SPAN LAUNCH
RUSTING ORTHOTROPIC CURVED STEEL DECK
ARCH
SILVER BRIDGE: SEREBRYANY BOR BRIDGE, MOSCOW [2007]
41
Falsework Towers on Steel Pipe Piles
Tugboat
Crawler Crane on River Barge Floating access ramp
SILVER WOODS : SEREBRYANY BOR BRIDGE, MOSCOW [2007]
42
SILVER WOODS : SEREBRYANY BOR BRIDGE, MOSCOW [2007] 43
SILVER WOODS : SEREBRYANY BOR BRIDGE, MOSCOW [2007] 44
SILVER WOODS : SEREBRYANY BOR BRIDGE, MOSCOW [2007] RESTURAUNT
45
FALSEWORK PILES IN RIVER CABLE STAYS ATTACHED AFTER SUPERSTRUCTURE ERECTED ON FALSEWORK SILVER BRIDGE: SEREBRYANY BOR BRIDGE, 46 MOSCOW [2007] SPUTNIC PHOTO
SILVER WOODS : SEREBRYANY BOR BRIDGE, MOSCOW [2007] SIDEWALK IN THE WINTER
47
SILVER WOODS : SEREBRYANY BOR BRIDGE, MOSCOW [2007] SIDEWALK IN THE SUMMER
48
RESTURAUNT IN SPHERE
SILVER WOODS : SEREBRYANY BOR BRIDGE, MOSCOW [2007] –NAVIGABILE RIVER 49
RESTURAUNT IN SPHERE
SILVER WOODS : SEREBRYANY BOR BRIDGE, MOSCOW [2007]
50
SILVER WOODS : SEREBRYANY BOR BRIDGE, MOSCOW [2007]
51
San Cristobal Bridge, Mexico Closure of Bridge Launching - courtesy T. Y. Lin International Nader, Manzanarez, Lopez-Jara, & De La Mora
52
San Cristobal Bridge, Mexico Closure of Bridge Launching - courtesy T. Y. Lin International Nader, Manzanarez, Lopez-Jara, & De La Mora
53
Viaduct #2 Twin Bridges “Hemus” highway Bulgaria 362-m long comprised 3 spans 100 m + 162 m + 100 m. Photo Courtesy of Dr. Partov
[email protected] 54
Farö Cable Stayed Bridge plus twenty spans of 78-m curved viaduct bridge in aerial photo, Courtesy of Ove Sørensen, Chief Bridge Engineer 55 COWI A/S Denmark Jensen
Maritime Off-Ramp Bridge’s nickname is the”Horseshoe” curved superstructure.
56
Maritime Off-Ramp Ribs were fabricated on straight tangents and hand welded to create curved superstructure. 57
AT MARITIME OFF-RAMP BRIDGE NIGHT INSTALLATION, FEB 4, 1996
58
MARITIME OFF-RAMP BRIDGE “HORSESHOE” , 1997
59
Bergøysund Floating Bridge Completed 1992. Span, 3,061 feet. Floated in “offshore” technology Located in Kristiansund, Norway.
60
Bergøysund Floating Bridge Completed 1992. Span, 3,061 feet. Located in Kristiansund, Norway. Transverse Pontoon
61
The Nordhordland Bridge 1246 m, and a high level cable-stayed bridge across the ship channel of 32 x 50 m. The longest laterally unsupported span in the world (1999).
62
The Nordhordland Bridge 1246 m, and is supported on 10 concrete pontoons. The floating bridge has the longest laterally unsupported span in the world (1999). 63
Tudor Road, Pedestrian Bridge image courtesy Dennis Nottingham = PND Engineers 64
The "Rondell", pedestrian Bridge courtesy
[email protected] 65
The Port Tawe Sail pedestrian bridge, Swansea UK courtesy of Ian Firth 66
The Port Tawe Sail pedestrian bridge, Swansea UK courtesy of Ian Firth 67
AUTHORS OF CURVED ORTHOTROPIC STEEL DECK BRIDGES, AN ABC SOLUTION
AL MANGUS
CARL HUANG
QUESTIONS ?
68
